Parents fight for Charlotte

The parents of seriously-ill Charlotte Wyatt have vowed to fight on despite losing their latest bid to overturn a court order allowing doctors not to resuscitate the 22-month-old if she stops breathing.

The parents of seriously-ill Charlotte Wyatt have vowed to fight on despite losing their latest bid to overturn a court order allowing doctors not to resuscitate the 22-month-old if she stops breathing.

Darren Wyatt, 33, and his wife, Debbie, 24, who have been told by the hospital treating their daughter that she has made "remarkable progress", failed yesterday to persuade the Court of Appeal the order should now be rescinded.

Homeopathy hit

HOMEOPATHIC remedies came under fresh challenge today with scientists describing them as weak and producing nothing more than a placebo effect. The study at Switzerland's University of Berne, is published in The Lancet.

Kidnap charge

FOUR men were appearing in court today charged in connection with the alleged kidnapping of a 15-year-old boy from a street in Tottenham, north London. He was later rescued from a Rover car.

Holiday exodus

THE first of around 1.7 million people heading abroad this Bank Holiday left Britain today, while those staying at home were looking forward to a long weekend that will become increasingly warm.